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The E.U.R. Project was initiated
in the 1920's - financed and inspired by the fascist
Mussolini Government of the period the project was
never completed - the second world war and summary
execution of Mussolini put a stop to his plans. Nevertheless,
E.U.R. remains one of the most fascinating areas of
Rome and its' surreal architecture has inspired many
modern artists including Di Chirico many of whose
paintings were inspired by this surreal area of Rome.
This particular building the Palazzo
della Civilita or il Colosseo Quadrato (square collosseum)
as it is popularly known was the work of Guerrini.
Commissioned and completed in the early thirties The
architectural style is technically known as "bombastic
modernism" but in everyday language it is fascist...
Indeed EU.R. is full of fascist inspired architecture
with the Palazzo della Civilita being one of the f
most famous buildings in E.U.R and Rome. Recently
il Colosseo Quadrato was used by a major sports company
for a TV commercial which outraged Rome's cultural
minister and benefactor of the arts.
Now unused the building is a relic
to a less than illustrious past. and it is almost
impossible to find any books on fascist architecture
from this period. To see some still shots of the Palazzo
della Civilita please see the Rome Photo Gallery
Did you Know? Like
many of the government buildings in E.U.R. it was
never used and lies empty to this date... |
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